Professor Mattias Green
Professor in Physical Oceanography

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Room: 202 Craig Mair
Phone: 01248 382794
E-mail: m.green@bangor.ac.uk
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I graduated in Physical Oceanography from Gothenburg University in 1999 and undertook my PhD in physical oceanography at the same university between 2008-2004. I stayed in Gothenburg as a research associate for a further year before moving to Bangor to start as a post-doctoral researcher on the structure of turbulence in shelf seas. In 2008 I was awarded a NERC Advanced Fellowship investigating the effects of sea-level change on the dissipation of tidal energy in the past, present and future and how that may impact on climate. In 2013 Bangor offered me position as Senior Lecturer in Physical Oceanography, in 2016 I was promoted to Reader, and in 2019 I was awarded a Person Chair in physical oceanography.
I am a physical oceanographer using models and observations to explore how the tides interact with other components of the Earth system and how these interactions change over long timescales. I especially focus on how tidally driven mixing influence large-scale ocean circulation and climate; effects of sea-level change (on short time scales) and continental drift (on geological time scales) on the tides; ice-ocean-climate interactions and how melting ice-sheets will affect the earth system; the influence of the tides to allow the ocean to evolve and host life, including tidal dynamics during extinction events.
- 2018
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The Lifecycle of Semidiurnal Internal Tides over the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Vic, C., Naveira-Garabato, A., Green, M., Spingys, C., Forryan, A., Zhao, Z. & Sharples, J., Jan 2018, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 48, 1, p. 61-80Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2017
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Tidal conversion and mixing poleward of the critical latitude (an Arctic case study)
Rippeth, T., Vlasenko, V., Stashchuk, N., Scannell, B., Green, M., Lincoln, B. & Bacon, S., 28 Dec 2017, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 44, 24, p. 12349-12357Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Global tidal impacts of large-scale ice-sheet collapses
Wilmes, S.-B., Green, M., Gomez, M., Lau, H. & Rippeth, T., Nov 2017, In: Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. 122, 11, p. 8354-8370Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tuning, Interference and False Shallow Gas Signatures in Geohazard Interpretations: Beyond the 'λ/4' Rule
Barret, B., Huws, D., Booth, A., Wergeland, O. & Green, M., Aug 2017, In: Near-surface Geophysics . 15, 4, p. 359-366Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The double high tide at Port Ellen: Doodson's criterion revisited
Byrne, H., Green, M. & Bowers, D., 20 Jul 2017, In: Ocean Science. 13, p. 599-607Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Explicitly modelled deep-time tidal dissipation and its implication for Lunar history
Green, M., Huber, M., Waltham, D., Buzan, J. & Wells, M., 1 Mar 2017, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 461, p. 46–53Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2016
- Published
Effects of future sea-level rise on tidal processes on the Patagonian Shelf
Carless, S., Green, M., Pelling, H. & Wilmes, S.-B., Nov 2016, In: Journal of Marine Systems. 163, November 2016, p. 113-124Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Systematic bias in baroclinic energy estimates in shelf seas
Stephenson, G., Green, M. & Inall, M. E., Sept 2016, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 46, 9Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Drifter observations in the summer time Bay of Biscay slope current
Porter, M., Inall, M. E., Green, M., Simpson, J., Dale, A. C. & Miller, P. I., May 2016, In: Journal of Marine Systems. 157, p. 65-74Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2015
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Climatic Consequences of a Pine Island Glacier Collapse
Green, J. A. M. & Schmittner, A., 7 Dec 2015, In: Journal of Climate. 28, 23, p. 9221-9234Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Temporal variations in the flow of a large Antarctic ice stream controlled by tidally induced changes in the subglacial water system
Rosier, S. H., Gudmundsson, G. H. & Green, J. A., 21 Aug 2015, In: Cryosphere. 9, 4, p. 2397–2429Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Glacial ocean overturning intensified by tidal mixing in a global circulation model
Schmittner, A., Green, J. A. & Wilmes, S. B., 22 May 2015, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 42, 10, p. 4014-4022Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Baroclinic energy flux at the continental shelf edgemodified by wind-mixing
Stephenson, G., Hopkins, J., Green, J. A., Inall, M. & Palmer, M., 18 Mar 2015, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 42, 6, p. 1826-1833Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tide-mediated warming of Arctic halocline by Atlantic heat fluxes over rough topography
Rippeth, T. P., Lincoln, B. J., Lenn, Y. D., Green, J. A., Sundfjord, A. & Bacon, S., Mar 2015, In: Nature Geoscience. 8, 3, p. 191-194Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2014
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Turbulence and mixing by internal waves in the Celtic Sea determined from ocean glider microstructure measurements
Palmer, M. R., Stephenson, G. R., Mall, M. E., Balfour, C., Dusterhus, A. & Green, J. A., 28 Nov 2014, In: Journal of Marine Systems. 144, p. 57-69Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optimizing internal wave drag in a forward barotropic model with semidiurnal tides
Buijsman, M. C., Arbic, B. K., Green, J. A., Helber, R. W., Richman, J. G., Shriver, J. F., Timko, P. G. & Wallcraft, A., 22 Nov 2014, In: Ocean Modelling. 85, p. 42-55Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Storms modify baroclinic energy fluxes in a seasonally stratified shelf sea: Inertial-tidal interaction
Hopkins, J. E., Stephenson, G. R., Green, J. A., Inall, M. E. & Palmer, M. R., 16 Oct 2014, In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 119, 10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Insights into ice stream dynamics through modelling their response to tidal forcing
Rosier, S. H., Gudmundsson, G. H. & Green, J. A., 25 Sept 2014, In: Cryosphere. 8, p. 1763-1775Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A suite of early Eocene ( ∼ 55 Ma) climate model boundary conditions
Herold, N., Buzan, J., Seton, M., Goldner, A., Green, J. A. M., Muller, R. D., Markwick, P. & Huber, M., 16 Sept 2014, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 7, p. 2077-2090Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accuracy assessment of global barotropic ocean tide models
Stammer, D., Ray, R. D., Andersen, O. B., Arbic, B. K., Bosch, W., Carrère, L., Cheng, Y., Chinn, D. S., Dushaw, B. D., Egbert, G. D., Erofeeva, S. Y., Fok, H. S., Green, J. A. M., Griffiths, S., King, M. A., Lapin, V., Lemoine, F. G., Luthcke, S. B., Lyard, F., Morison, J., Müller, M., Padman, L., Richman, J. G., Shriver, J. F., Shum, C. K., Taguchi, E. & Yi, Y., 7 Aug 2014, In: Reviews of Geophysics. 52, 3, p. 242-283Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The evolution of tides and tidal dissipation over the past 21,000 years
Wilmes, S. B. & Green, J. A. M., 7 Jul 2014, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 119, 7, p. 4083-4100Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of flood defences and sea-level rise on the European Shelf tidal regime
Pelling, H. E. & Green, J. A., 12 Jun 2014, In: Continental Shelf Research. 85, p. 96-105Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modeling Antarctic tides in response to ice shelf thinning and retreat
Rosier, S. H., Green, J. A., Scourse, J. D. & Winkelmann, R., 7 Jan 2014, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 119, 1, p. 87-97Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2013
- Published
Briefing: Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference 2012
Green, M., Davies, A. G., Bowers, D. G., Zhu, F., Ward, S. L. & Porter, K., Sept 2013, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime Engineering. 166, 3, p. 101-108Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impact of rapid coastline changes and sea level rise on the tides in the Bohai Sea, China
Pelling, H. E., Uehara, K. & Green, J. A., 17 Jul 2013, In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 118, 7, p. 3462-3472Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tidal dissipation in the early Eocene and implications for ocean mixing
Green, J. A. & Huber, M., 16 Jun 2013, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 40, 11, p. 2707-2713Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sea level rise and tidal power plants in the Gulf of Maine
Pelling, H. E. & Green, J. A., 11 Jun 2013, In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 118, 6, p. 2863-2873Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Non-assimilated tidal modeling of the South China Sea
Green, J. A. & David, T. W., 24 Apr 2013, In: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 78, p. 42-48Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modelling tides and sea-level rise: To flood or not to flood
Pelling, H. E., Green, J. A. M. & Ward, S. L., Mar 2013, In: Ocean Modelling. 63, p. 21-29Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Variable behavior in pycnocline mixing over shelf seas
Palmer, M., Polton, J. A., Inall, M. E., Rippeth, T. P., Green, M., Sharples, J. & Simpson, J., 16 Jan 2013, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 40, 1, p. 161-166Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Comparison of Tidal Conversion Parameterizations for Tidal Models
Green, J. A. & Nycander, J., 1 Jan 2013, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 43, 1, p. 104-119Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The maintenance of the subsurface chlorophyll maximum in the stratified western Irish Sea
Williams, C., Sharples, J., Green, M., Mahaffey, C. & Rippeth, T., 2013, In: Limnology and Oceanography - Fluids and Environment. 3, 1, p. 61-73Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2012
- Published
Tides, sea-level rise and tidal power extraction on the European shelf
Ward, S. L., Green, J. A. M. & Pelling, H. E., Aug 2012, In: Ocean Dynamics. 62, 8, p. 1153-1167Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impact of future sea-level rise on the European Shelf tides
Pickering, M. D., Wells, N. C., Horsburgh, K. J. & Green, M., 1 Mar 2012, In: Continental Shelf Research. 35, March, p. 1-15Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2011
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Simulating the impact of freshwater inputs and deep-draft icebergs formed during a MIS 6 Barents Ice Sheet collapse
Green, C. L., Green, J. A. & Bigg, G. R., 1 Jun 2011, In: Paleoceanography. 26, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impacts on the global ocean circulation from vertical mixing and a collapsing ice sheet
Green, M. & Bigg, G. R., 2011, In: Journal of Marine Research. 69, 2-3, p. 221-244 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2010
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Deep draft icebergs from the Barents Ice Sheet during MIS 6 are consistent with erosional evidence from the Lomonosov Ridge, central Arctic
Green, C. L., Bigg, G. R. & Green, J. A., 10 Dec 2010, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 37, 23Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ocean tides and resonance
Green, M., Oct 2010, In: Ocean Dynamics. 60, 5, p. 1243-1253Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Observations of internal tidal waves in the isolated seasonally stratified region of the western Irish Sea.
Green, J. A., Simpson, J. H., Thorpe, S. A. & Rippeth, T. P., 1 Feb 2010, In: Continental Shelf Research. 30, 2, p. 214-225Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2009
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Tidal mixing and the Meridional Overturning Circulation from the Last Glacial Maximum.
Green, J. A., Green, C. L., Bigg, G. R., Rippeth, T. P., Scourse, J. D. & Uehara, K., 16 Aug 2009, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 36, 15Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The structure of dissipation in the western Irish Sea front.
Simpson, J. H., Green, M., Rippeth, T. P., Osborn, T. R. & Nimmo-Smith, W. A., 1 Jun 2009, In: Journal of Marine Systems. 77, 4, p. 428-440Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2008
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Boils and turbulence in a weakly stratified shallow tidal sea.
Thorpe, S. A., Green, J. A., Simpson, J. H., Osborn, T. R. & Nimmo-Smith, W. A., 1 Aug 2008, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 38, 8, p. 1711-1730Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Internal waves, baroclinic energy fluxes and mixing at the European shelf edge.
Green, J. A., Simpson, J. H., Legg, S. & Palmer, M. R., 30 Apr 2008, In: Continental Shelf Research. 28, 7, p. 937-950Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2007
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Baroclinic wave drag from two closely spaced sills in a narrow fjord as inferred from basin water mixing.
Johnsson, M., Green, J. A. & Stigebrandt, A., 3 Nov 2007, In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. 112, C11, p. C11002Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spring-neap modulation of internal tide mixing and vertical nitrate fluxes at a shelf edge in summer
Sharples, J., Tweddle, J. F., Green, M., Palmer, M. R., Kim, Y.-N., Hickman, A. E., Holligan, P. M., Moore, C. M., Rippeth, T., Simpson, J. H. & Krivtsov, V., 27 Sept 2007, In: Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 52, 5, p. 1735-1747Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Turbulent Dissipation of Coastal Seas: Response to article: Observations of Biologically Generated Turbulence in a Coastal Inlet. Kunze, E., Dower, J.F., Beveridge, R., & Bartlett, K.P. (2007) Science 313, 5794, 1768-1770
Rippeth, T., Gascoigne, J., Green, M., Inall, M., Palmer, M., Wiles, P. & Simpson, J., 7 Jun 2007, In: Science. 313, 5794Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
- 2006
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Physical oceanography and water exchange in the Northern Kvark Strait.
Green, J. A., Liljebladh, B. & Omstedt, A., 1 Apr 2006, In: Continental Shelf Research. 26, 6, p. 721-732Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2004
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Hydrographic response of Holandsfjord to changed freshwater runoff.
Green, J. A., Molvaer, J. & Stigebrandt, A., 30 Jul 2004, In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. 109, C7, p. C07021Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2003
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Statistical models and distributions of current velocities with application to the prediction of extreme events.
Green, J. A. & Stigebrandt, A., 1 Nov 2003, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 58, 3, p. 601-609Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nutrient land-sea fluxes in oligothrophic and pristine estuaries of the Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea
Humborg, C., Danielsson, A., Sjoberg, B. & Green, J. A., 1 Mar 2003, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 56, 3-4, p. 781-793Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review